2010年5月17日星期一

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Yahoo! News: World News


Eurozone nations defend currency union (AP)

Posted: 17 May 2010 05:08 PM PDT

EU Commissioner for Economic Affairs Olli Rehn gestures as he addresses the media on reinforcing economic governance at the EU Commssion headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday May 12, 2010. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)AP - Eurozone finance ministers defended the euro as a "credible" currency on Tuesday, despite its slide to four-year lows against the dollar, as they sought to tame the fears that have gripped financial markets in recent weeks.


British officials relax safety rules over ash (AP)

Posted: 17 May 2010 03:35 PM PDT

Volcanic view : A view showing heavy clouds over dwellings set near the Eyjafjoell volcano in Iceland. (AFP/Heidar Kristjansson)AP - Aviation authorities introduced relaxed flight safety rules Monday to minimize more disruptions caused by a volcano eruption in Iceland, as three of Europe's busiest airports reopened after a dense volcanic ash cloud dissipated.


Study on cell phone link to cancer inconclusive (AP)

Posted: 17 May 2010 05:05 PM PDT

A delegate talks on his cell phone during the 63rd World Health conference in Geneva, Switzerland, Monday, May 17, 2010.  A major international study suggests that using cell phones for more than 30 minutes each day could increase the risk of glioma, a form of tumor in the brain or spine, according to the study by the World Health Organization's International Agency for Research on Cancer. But the authors added that problems with their research methods prevented them from directly blaming cell phone radiation for the tumor. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)AP - If there's one lifestyle tool that's ubiquitous, from American cities to remote villages of the developing world, it's the mobile phone.


Iran to ship uranium to Turkey in nuclear deal (AP)

Posted: 17 May 2010 03:16 PM PDT

EDITORS' NOTE: Reuters is subject to Iranian restrictions on leaving the office to report, film or take pictures in Tehran. Brazil's Foreign Minister Celso Amorim (bottom L) signs an agreement with his Iranian counterpart Manouchehr Mottaki (bottom C) and Turkish counterpart Ahmet Davutoglu in Tehran May 17, 2010. REUTERS/Morteza NikoubazlAP - Iran agreed Monday to ship much of its low-enriched uranium abroad and then rolled out a new obstacle to nuclear compromise by insisting it would press ahead with higher enrichment — bringing it closer to being able to make atomic warheads.


Marchers decry Haiti leader for quake response (AP)

Posted: 17 May 2010 03:24 PM PDT

People demonstrate against Haiti's President Rene Preval's government in front of police officers in Port-au-Prince, Monday, May 17, 2010. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)AP - Haitian protesters marched to the collapsed national palace for a second straight Monday to criticize President Rene Preval, saying he failed the nation in the aftermath of its catastrophic earthquake.


Turkish-Brazilian nuclear deal with Iran: progress or stall? (Time.com)

Posted: 17 May 2010 04:10 PM PDT

Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad flashes the V-sign for victory as Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan looks on after the Islamic republic inked a nuclear fuel swap deal in Tehran. The White House said Monday the United States and its allies had Time.com - Longing for a larger role on the world stage, Brazil and Turkey have come up with a deal to break Tehran's impasse with the U.S. But many questions remain


Pope-bishop relationship key in sex abuse defense (AP)

Posted: 17 May 2010 04:59 PM PDT

Pope Benedict XVI, centre right meets Bolivia's President Evo Morales, during a private audience in the pontiff's studio, at the Vatican, Monday, May, 17, 2010. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, Pool)AP - The pope appoints bishops, issues rules bishops are supposed to follow and accepts their resignations. Bishops take a vow of obedience to the pontiff and can't switch jobs without his approval.


Iraq says it uncovered al-Qaida plot on World Cup (AP)

Posted: 17 May 2010 05:04 PM PDT

Iraqi's Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki meets with security ministers and high-ranking officers to discuss the security situation in Iraq's northern province of Nineveh, at his office in Baghdad, May 16, 2010. REUTERS/Iraqi Government/HandoutAP - Iraqi security forces have detained an al-Qaida militant suspected of planning an attack targeting the World Cup in South Africa next month, an official said Monday.


US missionary convicted in Haiti, but free to go (AP)

Posted: 17 May 2010 05:05 PM PDT

U.S. missionary Laura Silsby, center, leaves a courthouse in Port-au-Prince, Monday, May 17, 2010. Silsby, the last of 10 Americans detained while trying to take 33 children out of Haiti following the Jan. 12 earthquake was released after a judge convicted her and sentenced her to the time she had already served in jail. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)AP - The last of 10 Americans detained while trying to take 33 children out of Haiti after the Jan. 12 earthquake was freed Monday when a judge convicted her but sentenced her to time already served in jail.


Report: Nigeria's police brutalize, kill suspects (AP)

Posted: 17 May 2010 05:06 PM PDT

AP - Nigeria's federal police force kills with impunity, extorts those it's charged to protect and rapes arrested prostitutes as a "fringe benefit" of the job, a report by a civil liberties group alleges.

North Korea calls rare second session of assembly (Reuters)

Posted: 17 May 2010 05:19 PM PDT

Reuters - North Korea has called for a rare second session of its parliament on June 7, its state media said on Tuesday, two months since the previous meeting when it changed the constitution to boost leader Kim Jong-il's powers.

Australian cardinal urges new action on pedophiles (AP)

Posted: 17 May 2010 06:50 AM PDT

AP - A Roman Catholic cardinal urged tougher action against pedophile priests after the church confirmed Monday two Irish priests accused of molesting girls continued performing church-related duties in Australia's two largest cities despite being barred from doing so.

New Miss USA: Islamic fundamentalism in a bikini? (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 17 May 2010 04:11 PM PDT

Miss Michigan Rima Fakih competes in the swimsuit portion of the 2010 Miss USA pageant  at the Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada May 16, 2010. Fakih was later crowned Miss USA 2010. REUTERS/Steve Marcus (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNSMcClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — To win the title of Miss USA, Rima Fakih paraded across a Las Vegas stage in a nearly microscopic bikini. She skirted disaster when she almost tripped in her glittery white evening gown. Finally, she told the judges that health insurance should cover birth control pills.


IKAROS spacecraft to unfurl solar sail, head to Venus (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 17 May 2010 01:53 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Japan will launch a spacecraft that will use a solar sail to attempt a trip to Venus and beyond on Tuesday

After Obama-Karzai Washington Visit, Kandahar on Radar (Time.com)

Posted: 17 May 2010 03:35 PM PDT

Time.com - The Obama Administration and Afghan President Hamid Karzai have different ideas about governance and strategy, but neither can make progress without the other

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